Darmstadt, Germany was invaded by giant robots this summer - but happily they turned out to be friendly. Designed by <a href="http://www.terreform.org/projects_habitat_bot.html">Terraform One</a>, the Archibots are made from recycled styrofoam that was once used to package the high-tech products we love. The group's Creaturama project calls us to re-examine the objects we throw away by populating an urban environment with an <a href="http://inhabitat.com/inhabitat-interview-green-architect-cradle-to-cradle-founder-william-mcdonough/2/">upcycled</a> population of automated figures made from salvaged components.

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Recycled Styrofoam Creaturama Archibots by Terraform 1

<a href="http://inhabitat.com/video-grow-a-treehouse-with-tereform-2/">Mitchell Joachim</a> and his team at <a href="http://www.terreform.org/projects_habitat_bot.html">Terraform 1</a> are provocateurs of the built environment that excel at dreaming up new ways of building and getting around.

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Recycled Styrofoam Creaturama Archibots by Terraform 1

Their recycled Creatureama installation explores the materiality of our world and ways that waste can be repurposed as raw material for our future needs. The project transforms <a href="http://inhabitat.com/6-tips-to-help-you-recycle-your-e-waste/">e-waste</a> packing material into quirky robots in an endeavor to “architecturally sketch figures and follies”.

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Recycled Styrofoam Creaturama Archibots by Terraform 1

Apparently Darmstadt's waste department was a bit thrown by the installation and it took a bit of work to convince them that the project was indeed more than just trash.

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Recycled Styrofoam Creaturama Archibots by Terraform 1

The environmental impact of waste and its transformation into something better is a predominant theme in Terraform 1’s work.

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Recycled Styrofoam Creaturama Archibots by Terraform 1

While their latest project explores how the objects a city throws away can be reused to renew the city it's not new territory.

Recycled Styrofoam Creaturama Archibots by Terraform 1

Darmstadt, Germany was invaded by giant robots this summer - but happily they turned out to be friendly. Designed by Terraform One, the Archibots are made from recycled styrofoam that was once used to package the high-tech products we love. The group's Creaturama project calls us to re-examine the objects we throw away by populating an urban environment with an upcycled population of automated figures made from salvaged components.